Query about Vallejo Metallics

I can tell you chrome will not look mirror-like just as in the real world. Generally, I don't use metallic paints as you're talking about. What kit are you using the metallic paint for?

I know its not mirror-like; but at the moment i can't find any alclad in my location -especially Chrome-.

I'm actually a 1/72 Heli guy, but currently i'm on a 1/24 Tamiya Yamaga Virago V1000

I'm strictly a brush painter...but I use the Model Air metallics for brush painting.

When I painted Games Workshops figures...I used to use Citadel metallics, and I always though the paints were to "thick," if that's the right word.  When I got back into models, I decided to try the Model Air metallics, and I've liked the finish enough not to use Model Color.

Ok, so, do you have the three colors that i mentioned ?

I guess, no one gives a chance to Vallejo anymore -_-

Can't you order Alclad Chrome? This product is fantastic.

I have recently become the possessor of the colors you mention . What  I always do is take a color wheel ( metallic tones ) and try to match that . Aluminum is a light greyish white with the metallic overtones of course . Steel is a muddier color toned with earth and black .Chrome , well , that's one I usually pass on .There are many shades you can develop using browns , black and white as the toners .Yes , you can use dark cobalt blue too . Just decide which tone you need or like and mix accordingly . By my last count there are approximately Forty different shades of metallic not counting Brass , Gold and Chrome .

     Gold should for the most part have a sheen . It doesn't corrode like other metals  .Brass turns green then a deep bluish green as it corrodes  .Chrome now , is a weird one .You can see the actual difference in the sunlight between Nickel Chrome and Chrome . Nickel Chrome has ( when new ) a darker slightly polished steel color .Whereas Chrome goes to the silver side of the bright spectrum .

 I hope this didn't confuse you .The comments come from over sixty years of mixing  matching and " Oh Drat " events . You have good paints .Don't ever think you've done it wrong till , it looks wrong to you .

I use Vallejo Model Air paints quite a bit. One thing that I've found is that the cured color will look a little different if you use different primer colors. I am using the aluminum 71.062 for a NMF P-47 I'm working on. I used Dupli-Color Sandable grey primer for the entire fuselage then instead of trying to use different shades of Aluminum for some panels, I masked out some panels and prayed them with Vallejo Model Air light grey primer. Then I sprayed the entire fuselage with the Aluminum. The result is a subtle difference in the shades between the basic fuselage and the panels I sprayed with the Vallejo primer. I had tried this first on an old car body that I use to experiment on. This also works with MM Metalizer paint.

Hope that this helps.

Jim